PASTA! Where does the word 'pasta' come from and what does it mean? The word ‘pasta’ comes from late Latin and means ‘dough paste’. Pasta is any flour-and-egg food preparation from of Italian origin. It comes in all shapes and sizes, usually served with sauce and sometimes stuffed.
List the typical ingredients that you would find in fresh pasta? Find the Italian words for each ingredient. · Egg: uovo · Flour: farina · Salt: sale
The Italian explorer, Marco Polo, is credited with bringing back pasta from China in 1295; however, this is disputed by some historians. Research the origins of pasta and present your findings in a brief paragraph. It is stated that it was not Marco Polo who brought back pasta after his journey to China as the Chinese were already eating a noodle-like food since 3000 BC and Polo had just brought it back to Italy to be modified. There is some evidence of Estrusco-Roman noodle which is now called “lasagne” but that was already in Marco Polo’s time. So even today, the origin of pasta is still being speculated.
The Old Macaroni Factory in Hepburn Springs in Victoria is the legacy of the Lucini brothers. Give a brief summary of their story and include images of their factory. The Lucini brothers were fabric merchants that lived in Intra on Lake Maggiore. They were forced to leave Italy after they lost a battle to be republic. In 1852, Pietro arrived in Melbourne and opened a macaroni business which had very little customers after also trying to sell his beautiful fabrics, this caused him to shut it down. He then headed to the goldfields where he started a bakery which then later converted to pasta production which was then well established by the end of 1855 and also discovered agold mine. In 1859, his brother Giacamo and his wife had moved down too, and this was the year that the macaroni factory was born. During the 1870’s gathered some other settlers in the area and formed the “Hepburn Democratic Club”.
Frescos inside the factory
Front view of factory
Side view of factory
Pasta comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. · Name 3 shapes in Italian and English. · Provide an image for each shape. · Describe the type of sauce that goes with each shape (this is important).
Name
Image
Description
Capellini – Angel Hairs
Very thin and long pasta strands used with delicate, light sauces and usually used with tomato sauces. Very popular shape over the world and is about 1-1.2mm wide.
Farfalle - Bow Ties (Butterflies)
Popular Italian pasta that is used with many sauces but does go well with cream and tomato dishes. The pasta itself also comes in different flavours like plain, tomato and spinach flavoured. It brightens up meals due to its fascinating shape of a “bow-tie” or “butterfly” in some cases with the jagged edges and is put in salads and soups as well.
Fusilli – Twisted Spaghetti
Most popular of the unusually shaped pastas. Its long spirals used with sauces and can be snapped in half to use in salads. It is perfect for chunky and thick sauces as it picks it up well do to its large surface area.
Using the following headings, create a table and group the different types of pasta under their respective heading:
Pasta lunga (long) - spaghetti, linguine, lasagne etc.
Create a visual diary of the steps required to make pasta from scratch.
Use images for each step.
Label the images to explain the process.
Step
Picture
1) Pour a handful of flour onto the bench and create a ‘bowl’ shape using your fingers making sure it’s about an inch deep. Then crack open an egg into the bowl of flour and add some salt onto the yolk.
2) Gently crack the yolk with a fork and then slowly stir the egg white and yolk together carefully without any flour.
3) After stirring the egg together to make a light orange colour, start adding in small amounts of the top layer of flower. Continue this until the mixture thickens a lot.
4) When the mixture is beginning to stick to the bench, then you have to roll it into a ball. If it does stick a lot during this process, try sprinkling more flour onto it and mix it in together for about 2-3 minutes.
5) Flatten the ball of dough using your palm, then fold it over and repeat the process by also turning it over. Do this for about 5-7 minutes or when you see little bubble like forms on it, then put a little more flour on it and let it rest for 5 minutes.
6) Cover the bench with some sprinkled flour, lay out the mixture and then use a rolling pin to roll the mixture out into a large circle starting from the middle and moving towards the outside. Do this many times from all directions until you’re left with a large, yet fairly thin mixture which should take about 8-10 minutes.
7) Cut and shape your mixture depending on the pasta you’re wanting to make.
PASTA!
Where does the word 'pasta' come from and what does it mean?
The word ‘pasta’ comes from late Latin and means ‘dough paste’. Pasta is any flour-and-egg food preparation from of Italian origin. It comes in all shapes and sizes, usually served with sauce and sometimes stuffed.
List the typical ingredients that you would find in fresh pasta? Find the Italian words for each ingredient.
· Egg: uovo
· Flour: farina
· Salt: sale
The Italian explorer, Marco Polo, is credited with bringing back pasta from China in 1295; however, this is disputed by some historians. Research the origins of pasta and present your findings in a brief paragraph.
It is stated that it was not Marco Polo who brought back pasta after his journey to China as the Chinese were already eating a noodle-like food since 3000 BC and Polo had just brought it back to Italy to be modified. There is some evidence of Estrusco-Roman noodle which is now called “lasagne” but that was already in Marco Polo’s time. So even today, the origin of pasta is still being speculated.
The Old Macaroni Factory in Hepburn Springs in Victoria is the legacy of the Lucini brothers. Give a brief summary of their story and include images of their factory.
The Lucini brothers were fabric merchants that lived in Intra on Lake Maggiore. They were forced to leave Italy after they lost a battle to be republic. In 1852, Pietro arrived in Melbourne and opened a macaroni business which had very little customers after also trying to sell his beautiful fabrics, this caused him to shut it down. He then headed to the goldfields where he started a bakery which then later converted to pasta production which was then well established by the end of 1855 and also discovered agold mine. In 1859, his brother Giacamo and his wife had moved down too, and this was the year that the macaroni factory was born. During the 1870’s gathered some other settlers in the area and formed the “Hepburn Democratic Club”.
Pasta comes in a variety of shapes and sizes.
· Name 3 shapes in Italian and English.
· Provide an image for each shape.
· Describe the type of sauce that goes with each shape (this is important).
Using the following headings, create a table and group the different types of pasta under their respective heading:
MessineseLunga
Ziti
Fusilloni
Gemelli
Gianduietta
Gigli
Gramigna
Gramignoni
Grattoni
Grano
Italiana
Maccheroni
Tufoli
Sciviottini
Ravioli
Quadrettini
Quadrefiore
Pantacce
Orzo
Ondule
Nuvole
Mostaccioli
Messinesi
Mezzani
Maltagliati
Merletti
Create a visual diary of the steps required to make pasta from scratch.
· http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/what-does-the-word-pasta-mean-in-latin-and-what-do-all-those-pasta-names-mean
· http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/FOOD_IS_ART/pasta/historypasta.html
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta
· http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/pasta-history.asp
· http://www.pasta-recipes-made-easy.com/making-fresh-pasta.html
· http://www.ilovepasta.org/shapes.html
· http://www.food-info.net/uk/products/pasta/shapes.htm
· http://www.pasta-recipes-online.com/farfalle-pasta-recipes.html